John Geddes: The convoy chaos suggests Canadians are just as susceptible to Trump-like forces as Americans. Our real advantages lie in our political system. The post What’s actually standing ...
In Montreal in 1885, disease and vaccine resistance mixed with devastating results, not unfamiliar to today The post When the plague won: a history of vaccine hesitancy appeared first on Macle...
https://macleans.ca/society/health/when-the-plague-won-a-history-of-vaccine-hesitancy/
John Geddes: The painting shows 'a peaceful, rich life'. In reality, the Nazis murdered the painting's Jewish owner and the artist was on the Nazi side. The post The long, dark past behind the ...
https://macleans.ca/culture/arts/the-long-dark-past-behind-the-national-gallerys-latest-acquisition/
John Geddes: The 2010 film 'Outbreak'—featuring Theresa Tam—focused on epidemics in Montreal, showing that little of what's happening now is novel The post An outbreak warning from a decade...
https://macleans.ca/society/an-outbreak-warning-from-a-decade-ago/
A new book by historian Tim Cook looks at how World War II fits in Canada's historical imagination, and why it was vulnerable to neglect for so long The post When Canada finally started to reme...
https://macleans.ca/culture/books/when-canada-finally-started-to-remember-world-war-ii/
This year will mark the 100th anniversary of the Group of Seven’s first exhibition. John Geddes revisits the group's work in a bid to see their art as art, rather than 'the over-familiar illust...
https://macleans.ca/culture/arts/rediscovering-the-group-of-seven/
John Geddes: Reading lists for outlasting COVID-19 have leaned on plague stories. But what about the personal, interior aspects of this coronavirus year? The post Walking and reading alone thro...
https://macleans.ca/culture/books/walking-and-reading-alone-through-pandemic-days/
Mark Jaccard's latest book on the climate emergency argues consumers should stop feeling guilty about their habits. But as citizens, they need to elect better leaders. The post Solving the clim...
https://macleans.ca/society/solving-the-climate-crisis-isnt-on-consumers-its-on-the-people-in-power/
Alexandra Suda wants to bring the crowds to a livelier National Gallery of Canada. Think ‘Voice of Fire’. The post The person with the most pressure-packed job in Canadian art appeared fir...
https://macleans.ca/culture/arts/the-person-with-the-most-pressure-packed-job-in-canadian-art/
The days of endless deficits are back, and with minority government pressures and economic trouble ahead, that’s a problem The post Deficits are here to stay. But how sustainable is that? ap...
https://macleans.ca/economy/deficitis-are-here-to-stay-but-how-sustainable-is-that/
For comment on the Governor General's contribution to the Speech from the Throne, we turn to a professor of philosophy of physics The post A disturbance in the Throne Speech continuum appeared...
https://macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/a-disturbance-in-the-throne-speech-continuum/
Ethel Blondin-Andrew, this year's Maclean's Lifetime Achievement Award winner: 'The way you treat people is the way that you will be remembered' The post From residential school runaway to trai...
https://macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/from-residential-school-runaway-to-trailblazing-mp/
John Geddes: His leadership under fire, Scheer says division is weakness—although it's worked for his party in the past The post Andrew Scheer’s plea for Conservative unity appeared first ...
https://macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/andrew-scheers-plea-for-conservative-unity/
He touts his working relationship with Freeland, his new natural resources minister, and innovation in Alberta and Saskatchewan The post For the record: Trudeau on his new cabinet and the disgr...
John Geddes: Trudeau's new deputy PM is about getting a job done behind closed doors, not winning over voters—least of all in Alberta The post What Chrystia Freeland’s real role will be ap...
https://macleans.ca/politics/what-chrystia-freelands-real-role-will-be/
Beneath the war of words between Alberta and Ottawa, draft guidelines suggest climate-change factors won't block all big resource projects The post Maybe a new pipeline could win federal approv...
https://macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/maybe-a-new-pipeline-could-win-federal-approval-after-all/
The path to a Liberal minority was paved with low points and sloppy moments. In this election, there were no undiluted victories. The post How Justin Trudeau held on: The story of a gruelling, ...
https://macleans.ca/politics/how-justin-trudeau-held-on-the-story-of-a-gruelling-messy-campaign/
Pierre Trudeau's biographer talks about how Justin Trudeau's second campaign looks remarkably like his father's sophomore run The post Trudeau’s incredibly close election battle—in 1972 ap...
https://macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/trudeaus-incredibly-close-election-battle-in-1972/
Philippe Lagassé explains what happens if the election outcome is close—including how Andrew Scheer might not become PM even if his party wins the most seats The post An expert guide to mino...
https://macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/an-expert-guide-to-minority-scenarios/
The details of duelling $6-billion tax pledges from Trudeau and Scheer deserve a closer look, including one not-insignificant omission The post The slip-up in the Liberals’ biggest policy pro...
https://macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/the-slip-up-in-the-liberals-biggest-policy-promise/
Is Scheer coming off as too hard? Is Trudeau now fighting on two fronts? Has Singh found his key campaign asset? The post Four takeaway questions from the leaders debate appeared first on Macl...
https://macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/four_takeaway_questions/
At the federal leaders debate, the Conservative leader became a target over his position on First Nations and pipeline approvals The post Andrew Scheer stands firm under fire on Indigenous righ...
https://macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/andrew-scheer-stands-firm-under-fire-on-indigenous-rights/
Voters are worried about making ends meet. That has Trudeau and Scheer going toe-to-toe on how to make life less expensive. The post Why Trudeau and Scheer are out-promising each other on affor...
John Geddes: High turnout among young voters helped Trudeau mightily in 2015 and he is bidding to recapture some of that magic in this fall's campaign The post Trudeau needs to be this election...
https://macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/trudeau-needs-to-be-this-elections-big-man-on-campus/
John Geddes: As Trump keeps going lower, out-of-fashion theorist Northrop Frye explains all the shrieking—and even shows a way past it to democratic renewal The post Surviving the era of ‘t...
https://macleans.ca/politics/washington/surviving-the-era-of-tantrum-style-politics/
In a new poll, Ekos finds the Liberals at first lost a lot of votes, then started to gradually gain them back The post The blackface photos jolted voters, but maybe only temporarily appeared f...
https://macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/the-blackface-photos-jolted-voters-but-maybe-only-temporarily/
From the very beginning in the 1840s, black citizens in Toronto fought to shut down performances by blackface clowns, and their efforts are well documented The post The ‘annoyances and insult...
https://macleans.ca/news/canada/the-annoyances-and-insults-of-blackface-in-canada-in-1841/
The defence minister says he's 'seen a lot of lip service,' and after their 'meaningful' talk, can tell that Trudeau is sorry about the blackface incidents The post Harjit Sajjan on why he acce...
https://macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/interview-harjit-sajjan-on-why-he-accepts-trudeaus-apology/
A leading academic expert on blackface in Canada says Trudeau's lapse wasn't unusual for the time, but this campaign disaster is anything but ordinary The post The fallout from Justin Trudeau�...
https://macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/the-fallout-from-justin-trudeaus-brownface-photo/
As the 2019 campaign gets rolling, consider what made the 2015 election so unusual—results that were more than acceptable for all three major parties The post Who lost the last election again...
https://macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/who-lost-the-last-election-again/
Scheer aimed to highlight trust-plus-affordabilty, while May declared the status quo obsolete. But Singh hit his marks most consistently with his focus on fighting the power. The post Starting ...
How the Toronto suburbs turn will be critical, and the best place to watch the fight might be Milton, where Liberal star Adam van Koeverden faces Tory veteran Lisa Raitt The post Battleground O...
As the 2019 federal campaign officially begins, the NDP leader faces the most pressure to perform—especially in the first leaders' debate on Thursday The post Jagmeet Singh’s chance to turn...
https://macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/jagmeet-singhs-chance-to-turn-things-around/
Trudeau's first election video covers a surprising amount of what's bound to be key campaign messaging territory (think 'for the people') The post Riding the bus with Justin Trudeau appeared f...
https://macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/riding-the-bus-with-justin-trudeau/
Politics Insider for Aug. 28: A so-con problem for Conservatives, a spending spree by Liberals, and an issue in the wheelhouse of that other party The post Tory confusion reopens the question o...
https://macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/tory-confusion-reopens-the-question-of-not-reopening-debates/
Politics Insider for Aug. 27: All the parties have their sayings, they're fighting about secret carbon agendas, and Trudeau checks his own backyard The post Hope and the hard work of coming up ...
https://macleans.ca/news/canada/hope-and-the-hard-work-of-coming-up-with-a-decent-slogan/
Politics Insider for Aug. 22: Polling on Trudeau's ethics, analysis of Scheer's climate policy, plus some news—we're hosting a leaders debate The post Canada likely won’t hear more on the S...
https://macleans.ca/politics/canada-wont-hear-more-on-the-snc-affair-from-mario-dion/
But the provincial Tories rejected the suggested pie charts that would've shown everything that goes into the cost of filling up The post Gas station owners pitched an alternative to Ford’s c...
https://macleans.ca/politics/gas-station-owners-pitched-an-alternative-to-fords-carbon-tax-stickers/
The ethics commissioner's report contains multiple mentions of Wilson-Raybould's offer to pass along the company's public-interest arguments The post Why didn’t SNC-Lavalin grab a chance to m...
https://macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/why-didnt-snc-lavalin-grab-a-chance-to-make-its-best-case/
Scheer's campaign manager won’t be distracted. The key to a Conservative victory lies in meticulous research and a tight script. The post Hamish Marshall’s plan to win Election 2019 for And...
https://macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/hamish-marshall-andrew-scheer-conservatives-election-2019/